Oil can opener



Sept. 27, 1938. J. w. SHERRELL L 4 OIL CAN OPENER Filed Jan. 24, 1958 Q. vllaplll.

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INVENTIOR ATTO R N EYS Patented Sept. 27, 1938 v i UNITED STATES PATENTTOFFICE- OIL CAN OPENER John W. Sheri-ell, Roswell, N. Mex. Application January 24, 1938, Serial No. 186,721 I 3 Claims. (01. 221-23) This invention relates to a sealed container along with the cutting edges B curve the material opener and has for the primary object the proof the wall inwardly and away from the upper vision of a simple, durable and efiicient device of end of the penetrating element so that the conthis character which embodies a construction tents of the container may flow freely therefrom,

5 wherein a sealed container may readily have a also the penetrating elements acting to admit side wall thereof penetrated or opened for the atmospheric air into the container to facilitate emptying of the contents into the device so that the flow of the contents out of the container into the latter may be. employed for directing said the funnel. The opening of the container by the contents into another device without danger of. destruction of a side wall thereof prevents the spilling or waste, the container being opened by container being restored for further use. If the 10 the destruction of a side wall thereof to prevent c nta ner is ope ed by puncturing an end W l said container from being restored for further use. said end Wall can be easily removed and replaced With these and other objects in View, this inby another reconditioning the container for furvention consists in certain novel features of conther use. Thus it will be seen that the p esent struction, combination and arrangement of parts invention as ad s va e Over similar 15 to be hereinafter more fully described and openers in that it renders the container unfit f0! claimed. further use after being opened thereby.

For a p ete understanding of my invention, Wh t is claimed is: reference is to be had to the following description An Opener C p s funnel including a and accompanying drawing, in hi h spout and a flared portion, said flared portion 20 Figure 1 i a, v rti al cti l i illustrating having its walls extended to form a substantially an opener constructed in accordance with my inrectangular shaped Container receiving Portion Vention and showing a container opened thereby. a p d t receive a container disposed upon its Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View illustrat- Siiie, spaced bars integral h pp e Wa s of ing t Same the container receiving portion, and tubular pen- 5 Figure 3 i a t phm View i t t the eti'atmgelements carried by the spaced bars and device. having ends beveled to form combined penetrat- Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral s p n and cutting edges to sev r a i W ll l indicates a funnel including a spout 2 and a t i3ultiiinei as it is pla ed in the container" flared portion 3. The walls of the flared portion receiving portion. 30 3 of the funnel are extended to form a substan- An opener Comprising a funnel c ud ng a tially rectangular shaped container receiving Spout and a flared portion, Said flared portion portion 4 opposite end walls of which have intehaving ts wa s e d t f m a stan ially gral th t heek shaped finger pieces 5 which rectangular shaped container receiving portion may be employed for Supporting t device on adapted to receive a container disposed upon its another device if desired. The interior dimen- Side, Spaced bars integral With pp s te Walls of 35 Siens of the portion 4 are such to permit a sealed the container receiving portion, tubular penetratcontainer 6 to be placed therein upon one of its e elements carried by the spaced bars and a sides, the end walls of the container being aring s beveled to form COmbined P at 40 ranged adjacent to the end walls of the portion 4. ts nd u t d s to v r a side Wall of a 40 Spaced bars 1 are integral with opposite end walls container as it is placed in the n n r r ivin of the portion 4 slightly above the flared portion portion, and -s aped finger. pie integral 3 of the funnel and have integral therewith verth opp s t wa s of the container r vi tically arranged penetrating elements 8 spaced a portion and arranged exteriel'ly 0f the latter.

selected distance apart and are adapted to form 3. An opener or a ea d Container-Comprising 45 in a wall of the container 6 spaced openings when a rectangular shaped portion including s d Walls said container is pushed downwardly in the porand p n at t t p and tt m thereof by tion 4 of the device allowing the contents of the a container disposed on its side may be placed in container to drain into the funnel I and thence said portion fromthe top thereof, afunnel includinto another device to which the funnel is ing a flared portion formed on the lower edges of 50 adapted. The penetrating elements 8 are prefthe solid walls, andmeans mounted in the recerably of tubular formation having their upper tangular shaped portion to destroy a side of the ends cut on a bevel to provide penetrating points container as the latter is placed in said rectangu- A and cutting edges B. The penetrating points lar shaped portion. I

A when passing through the wall of the container JOHN W. SHERRELL. 

